Even if you already have another "main" DVD player, if you plan to regularly watch PAL DVDs, you're better off saving yourself the trouble and buying a region-free player that will format convert.

I just got this sony computer with a dvd-writer. My friend has a Hungarian PAL video that she wants to watch on her NTSC (american) dvd player/TV. How can I duplicate the PAL DVD and watch it on the ...

A DVD formatted for the NTSC market. Prior to digital television, NTSC and PAL were the two major analog TV formats, each with different frame rates and lines of resolution. When DVDs were introduced ...